Building Bridges in the Big Apple: Unique Class Cuts to the Core of Racial Stereotypes.

Lefton, Terry

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Publication Date: 1992

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Building Bridges in the Big Apple: Unique Class Cuts to the Core of Racial Stereotypes.

Lefton, Terry

Teaching Tolerance, v1 n1 p8-13 Spr 1992

A class in racial tolerance, now in its third year at New Utrecht High School in Brooklyn's (New York City) Bensonhurst section, is being replicated in 15 other schools. The weekly year-long class traces the civil rights movement and examines causes of contemporary racial strife. (SLD)

Descriptors: Asian Americans, Black Students, Civil Rights, Course Content, Ethnic Stereotypes, High School Students, High Schools, Hispanic Americans, Minority Groups, Racial Attitudes, Racial Relations, Student Attitudes, Teaching Methods, United States History, Urban Schools, White Students

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